लगातार बढ़ती आबादी और शहरीकरण के साथ भारत में पिछले एक दशक में कचरे के ताबाद बहुत तेजी से बढ़ रही है. सालाना लगभह 3 करोड़ 65 लाख टन कचरा पैदा होता है. कुल जमा किए गए कचरे में से 94 फीसदी को जमीन पर डाला जाता है और 5 फीसदी कम्पोस्ट होता है.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B-%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%95
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-solid-waste
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-recycling
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rag-pickers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/centre-science-and-environment-cse